The Northrop Grumman ISS Resupply Mission launches and carries NASA science and cargo for the space station A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launched on […]
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Rocket Lab launches the Swedish MATS satellite from New Zealand aboard an Electron rocket
Rocket Lab USA Inc. has successfully launched its 32nd Electron mission to deploy the firm’s 152nd satellite to orbit, a science payload for the Swedish National Space Agency. The MATS […]
The EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13G satellite is taken to orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
On Wednesday, November 2, SpaceX successfully launched the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G satellite to geosynchronous orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
A ‘No Go’ for ULA’s JPSS-2 launch
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian, polar-orbiting, weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
USSF + SSC to launch multiple payloads on 1st National Security Space Launch mission aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket
The U.S. Space Force‘s upcoming launch marks a significant achievement for its commercial and government mission partners — the USSF-44 mission combines innovations for the launch and space vehicles, making […]
UPDATE 1: SpaceX dispatches 53 Starlinks from Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX successfully lifted off from Vandenberg SFB with 53 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle en route to their orbital slots. This 49th launch of 2022 added these […]
SSC scheduled to launch diabetes research in space experiment
How can humankind benefit from space research? Well, the applications are almost unlimited. One example, an experiment onboard SSC‘s SubOrbital Express-3 rocket, aims to provide answers to the questions around […]
The ISRO’s heaviest rocket to date launches 36 OneWeb smallsats
In its second operational flight, the India Space Organisation‘s (ISRO’s) LVM3 rocket placed 36 OneWeb satellites to their intended orbits. The launch vehicle took off at 0007 hrs. on October […]
D-Orbit’s has a contract with Elecnor Deimos for the IAC ALISIO-1 launch
D-Orbit, in collaboration with Elecnor Deimos, now has a contract for the launch and deployment of ALISIO-1, a 6U cubesat procured by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). ALISIO-1 […]
UPDATE 1: OneWeb + New Space India to launch 36 constellation smallsats on October 22nd…
OneWeb will launch 36 satellites with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 (UTC—October 23, 2022, local time). This launch marks OneWeb’s historic 14th launch and the first […]